The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-02-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent at
the Federal Capital.

WASHINGTON, Jan, %, 1887.
The present week in Congress has been
devoted to miscellaneous questions.
Various subjects have had attention, and
some of them have been disposed Of.
Pensions have been pushed in both ends
of the Capitol. Appropriation Bills and
the
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
Station bill have been debated in the
Senate; the subject of the Centennial
celebration has come up; matters of
local interest have been discussed; new
bills have been presented, and Pacific
Railroad matters have commanded
considerable portion of the time of the
House.
The purpose of the House of Repres.
entatiyes in voting for an investigation
of this Pacific Railroad business is not
t., prosecute Mr.. Stanford, the president
ufthese roads, who occupies seat in the
US. Senate. passes upon Hesitation for
the county, and protects his own in
terests accordingly. The Government
has large interest in this railroad
property and it is
DUTY OF CONGRESS
to let the people know what went with
those two millions that were spent come
way. The fact that the California Sena-
tor says it went in the right way, that he
does not care to explain how, and that
it is not the business of the public to
know, is not satisfactory; The people
are not vet ready to accept burberry as an
established institution. They have d
right to ask by what process the profits
of the road are diverted into the pockets
ofprivate individuals. The answer has
reference both to the governments busi-
ness with the corporations, and to the
right Of Mr.. Stanford, one of the prin-
cipal disbursers, to a seat in the U. s.
Senate.
Said friend of Senator Stanford: "An
investigating committee will never
BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING
out Of Mr.. Stanford, He keeps faith
with those who serve him. No Congress.
man or ex-Congressman need be afraid
the Senator will divulge any trapsac-
tions he has had with them"
1t was in this connection that Sena-
tor Beck said, "Give me man who be-
longs to himself" He added that he
would rather see Roscoe Conkling come
to the Senate than any other man from
the State of New York. because he could
be counted on for an honest vote upon
all questions, whether relating to rail.
roaus or anything else. Morton and
Miller both have corporation interests"
said Mr.. Beck, Conkling has none, and
though 1 recognize the fact that he can
harm the Democracy more than any
other man in the Senate, he belongs to
himself"
1t is comforting to know that Hon. s.
s, Cox, who has been a very sick man
for the past two weeks, is now in a
FAIR WAY TOWARDS RECOVERY.
At the present time when Congress is
daily losing character, when the quail
fications of Senators are to be found in
their pockets instead of their heads, and
when corporations are growing bolder
and bolder in their interference with
Legislation, the services of representa-
tive like Mr.. Cox, whose integrity is
invincible, and who is the dread of the
lobby, cannot be even estima ated.
People all over the country write to
Mr.. Cox about matters connected with
administration Of the Government.
During his illness Lis mail matter had
accumulated to such formidable proper
tions that his private secretary asked
representatives Of the press to make the
the condition of the popular Congress-
man known to the people as generally
as possible. Since then kilograms of
sympathy have been coming in place of
business letters.